One thing that we are constantly experiencing is change especially in Technology. Each generation has experienced some big change with technology during their lifetime. My parent’s generation which is Generation X, experienced the radios which at one point was the “in” thing to have become non-existent. Many people back then, added them to their bikes or used them as a means to know what was going in during major storms, power outages or if they did not have television. They also experienced the changes from phones being connected to a landline to them becoming mobile, cell phones which were these huge pieces of technology that many either had in their car or chose to carry a small pager evolved over time as well (The Pennsylvania State University, 2022).
In my generation, I have watched the cellphones become the most common piece of technology. When I was growing up, having a cell phone was common for young adults to have, some of my cousins had them but it was usually those cousins whose parents could afford the extra bill. Now a days, kids have cellphones at the age of ten. In addition to that, the internet/web browsing portion was seldomly used and you could forget about an “app”.
Nowadays, everything that was done on a computer can easily be accessed and completed within minutes on a cell phone, from signing documents, checking emails, accessing bank records, watching the news/television, and what we have now experienced with the pandemic, working from home. Technology has transformed in many major aspects and this can be both a good and bad thing. Since, a lot of personal business that used to be stored in paper files or businesses electronic data which was protected, are now stored in data on phones, systems used by businesses and sent over unsecured networks it makes it easier for security breaches to happen.
Change is inevitable, we can’t control it and it is something that is going to happen, something that needs to happen. However, at this rate personal security should be at a high concern as well.
The Pennsylvania State University. (2022). Applied Social Psychology: PSYCH 424 [Online course lesson]. Retrieved from: https://psu.instructure.com/courses/2177148/modules/items/33983541